I don't even see the need in refuting this, you obviously see the Bible as something that can be "cut and pasted" at your will.billwald said:Romans 3:20 " Therefore no one will be declared righteous in his sight by observing the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of sin." Misinterpretation? I don't see it. Please explain.
Paul was wrong.
"Tried reading this section a few times, are you saying that Exodus through Deut. is a social contract?"
Read it several dozen times in a half dozen translations. Yes, it is a social contract.
"Lie? No - it wasn't a lie. To be righteous by the Law you could never break the Law - that was the standard."
Not the standard set by God in the Mosiac Covenant. If you were correct then there would be no sacrifices for inadvertant violations.
"Paul was wrong." :chuckle: Nice refutation - This is an utterly stupid position - you can't argue the Bible says something definitively if you do so by stating other parts of the Bible are false. You are not arguing Biblical perspectives but your own point of view and in doing so undermine your case entirely.